The United Nations human rights chief has accused US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of spreading racial and religious prejudice, saying the real estate mogul used “fear” tactics similar to the ones employed by the Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri terrorists.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein made the comments on Monday, as he took the stage during a security and justice conference.
He blasted “populists, demagogues and political fantasists” like Trump, former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage and Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders for their Daesh-like fear tactics and populist policies.
“Make no mistake, I certainly do not equate the actions of nationalist demagogues with those of Daesh,” he said. “But in its mode of communication, its use of half-truths and oversimplification, the propaganda of Daesh uses tactics similar to those of the populists.”
Zeid denounced as “grotesque” the election…